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Nonprofit News: March 2024

The 2024 Giving Challenge, happening noon to noon on April 9-10, is fast approaching with only 20 days left until the big event. Here are the remaining key dates to keep track of as your organization completes final preparations for the 24-hour online giving event!

March 25, 2024

Recommended deadline to complete 2024 Giving Challenge Donation Page (a.k.a. your Giving Day profile)

April 9-10, 2024

(Noon to Noon)

2024 Giving Challenge!

April 11, 2024

Post-Giving Challenge prize applications open

3:00 PM, April 16, 2024

Donor Stewardship After the Giving Challenge Training Webinar

5:00 PM, April 25, 2024

Deadline to submit Post-Giving Challenge prize applications

3:00 PM, May 10, 2024

2024 Giving Challenge Wrap Up Party

Special Media Offer for Giving Challenge Nonprofits

Longtime Giving Challenge media partner iHeartMedia-Sarasota is offering a 50% discount on promotional campaigns to all participating 2024 Giving Challenge nonprofit organizations. This can be used during the challenge, or at another time of the year. To discuss on-air, digital, and streaming, contact Sandy Young at sandyyoung@iheartmedia.com before March 22, 2024.

Donor Stewardship after the Giving Challenge

3:00pm - 4:00pm, April 16, 2024

After the Giving Challenge, it’s important to thank your supporters, build lasting relationships with donors, and focus on stewarding them for the future. In this webinar, we’ll cover stewardship best practices and strategies for building stronger and longer-lasting relationships with your supporters.

Nonprofit News is your source for the 2024 Giving Challenge, including trainings, workshops, and other important updates. If you miss an issue of Nonprofit News, you can revisit archived editions with relevant 2024 Giving Challenge content anytime on the Giving Challenge website's Communication Library page at GivingChallenge.org.

Please contact the Giving Challenge team at GivingChallenge@CFSarasota.org with any questions you may have.

To encourage a commitment to ensuring the parent perspective and expertise to inform program and organization development, this initiative aims to recognize and promote lived expertise in our community by including a Parent Leadership focus in our grantmaking. Nonprofit organizations can apply for grants to enhance and include the parent perspective and lived expertise in their program and organizational design.

An average grant award through this cycle is $2,500 - $7,500.

Nonprofit Job Bank

Whether you're seeking a new nonprofit position or you want to post an open position at your organization, your local resource is the Association of Fundraising Professionals Southwest Florida Chapter's Job Bank, supported by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.